Member Type: Songwriters and Composers

Ray Harman is a Film and TV composer and songwriter. He has scored films and TV shows such as ‘The Young Offenders’ (both the 2016 feature film and the 2018 TV Series), ‘The Farthest’, ‘Love Hate’, ‘One Million Dubliners’, ‘A Dark Song’, ‘Inspector George Gently’.

Before working in film, he was guitarist and songwriter with Dublin band Something Happens.

Bill Shanley is a musician, composer and producer with over thirty years’ experience in the Irish and International music scenes, his unique playing style has kept him in good company and established him internationally through touring with and contributing to albums by Ray Davies, Mary Black, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Judy Collins, Paul Brady, Eleanor McEvoy to mention a few.

His musical career has seen him perform in the worlds top venues from the Olympic Theatre in Paris, with Noel Redding to mark the 20th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix passing to the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics with Sir Ray Davies whom he has also acted as musical director for since 2007. He is a key part of Mary Black’s band since the mid-1990’s. Currently Bill is touring with Gilbert O’Sullivan performing as a duo. Bill set up Cauldron Recording studios in 1999 which for 20 years was one of Irelands foremost studios. He then established Madison Studios in 2020 and formed his own record label and publishing company – Cauldron MuFíor Scéal. Coming from the renowned musical establishment Shanley’s Bar in Clonakilty, Bill has been heavily involved in promoting live music locally through Clonakilty International Guitar Festival, since its establishment and more recently as the producer of ‘The Shanley’s Sessions’ featuring 22 Irish Artists presented over six filmed episodes.

Elected to the Board of Directors at IMRO in 2019 Bill also serves on the Marketing and Membership Committee and the Distribution Committee. Bill lives in Donnybrook with his wife Joan and three children.

He began his career as a folk singer in Dublin in 1971. His professional debut was as the opening act for Planxty’s first Irish tour. In the ensuing years, he moved through different phases and forms of music, from Trad, Country, Rock, and Contemporary, and toured the UK, Europe, and the US in a variety of different guises: doubling with Andy Irvine as a folk act on the European circuit in the early eighties, as lead singer with Moving Hearts, and lead singer/writer with Rusty Old Halo.

The tours were interspersed with album releases (fourteen in total). In the late eighties, he concentrated on songwriting, capturing two BMI awards (2 million Radio plays and Most Played Country Song in the US in 1992) for his song “Past the Point of Rescue”. Throughout the eighties, he picked up two Hot Press and two National Entertainment awards. In 1985, he formed his own publishing company, Doghouse Songs and oversaw the collection of royalties until signing with Peer Music London in 2001.

Wearing a non-musical hat, he spent seven years on the Executive Board of the Kilkenny School Project while his daughters were in attendance; four of those years as Chairperson of the Board. In 2008 he did a course in Psychotherapy, qualifying in 2012. In 2016, he recorded his 15th album, ‘Homeland’ for the Celtic Collections label. (“But ‘Homeland’ also represents a further evolution of his music and shows him to be both a singer and songwriter of considerable depth, range, and adroitness.” Sean Smith, Boston Irish Reporter). Mick continues to gig solo and sometimes as a trio with former Moving Hearts colleagues Anto Drennan and Eoghan O’Neill. His latest album “Marathon” was released in 2024.

Dublin-born Róisín emerged on the Irish music scene in 2012 with her debut album ‘The Secret Life of Blue’. Recorded in France with Grammy Award-winning producer David Odlum and described as “brilliant and addictive” (Hot Press ****), the album marked the beginning of her journey as one of Irelands most accomplished female vocalists, renowned for exceptional stage performances and songwriting.

After touring and writing with other acts for several years, Róisín returned to her solo career in 2021. In 2022 her sophomore album ‘Courageous’ reached No.1 in the Independent album charts and No.1 in overall physical sales in its first week and was followed by sold out shows across Ireland. As well as writing her own material, Róisín shares co-writes with songwriters like Gavin James, and Lar Kay (All Tvvins), and several tracks with The Coronas on four of their No.1 albums, including hit singles ‘Real Feel’ and ‘Find the Water’. Róisín has won both the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Award for Music and U Magazine’s ‘30 Under 30’ for Arts and Entertainment.

As a performer, Róisín has shared the stage with a host of internationally renowned artists, including Lionel Richie, Bryan Ferry, Brad Paisley, Hozier, and Colin Hay, while also headlining her own tours in Ireland, Germany, America, and Australia. In 2025 Róisín was nominated for both Best Musician and Ground Breaking Woman of 2024 by Hot Press Magazine. Since graduating from UCD with a BA in Music in 2011, Róisín has worked in music publishing for Little Rox Music and lectured part-time at BIMM Dublin. Róisín advocated for artists rights throughout her career.

She was elected to the Board of IMRO in 2019 and the Board of RAAP in 2016 giving her to date almost nine years of experience as a director of Irish royalty collecting organisations.

Tom is most renowned for his time as the lead singer and co-songwriter in the Irish band Something Happens, who achieved significant success on Virgin Records in the early 1980s, with two number one Irish albums, sold-out Irish tours, numerous foreign tours (including 14 in the US), and a string of hit singles.

He later transitioned into radio and enjoyed huge success with the alternative music show “Pet Sounds” on TodayFM and a series of best-selling albums – “Tom Dunne’s 30 Best Irish Hits” – that achieved multi-platinum status. He had since presented talk shows on Newstalk Radio and currently hosts the stations sole music show which continues to champion the very best new Irish and International music.

He also presents TV and writes for The Irish Examiner and The Sunday Times. Tom continues to write music and perform live shows both with Something Happens and Fiachna O’Braonain and from Hot House Flowers.

Faye O’Rourke is a singer, songwriter, composer and producer with over fifteen years’ experience in the Irish and international music scenes as front-woman of Little Green Cars, Soda Blonde and as a solo performer.

Little Green Cars produced the gold-selling ‘Absolute Zero’ in 2013 and ‘Ephemera’ in 2016 and completed multiple US and World tours, including performances at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Radio City, New York and on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’, as well as being long-listed for ‘BBC Sound of the Year’ in 2013. In 2014, Faye won an Irish Tatler ‘Woman of the Year Award’ for Music and U Magazine’s ‘30 Under 30 Award’ for Arts & Entertainment in 2017.

Soda Blonde just embarked on a number of sold out shows before Irish and International audiences, including performances at renowned venues such as Vicar Street in Dublin and the Paradiso in Amsterdam. Their self-produced debut and sophomore records have both been nominated for the Choice Music Prize ‘Album of the Year’ 2021 and 2023. Their second release talents have seen her perform with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra on multiple occasions, including shows at prestigious venues like the National Concert Hall and Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.

Faye also works as a composer for screen, including the score for Mark O’Halloran’s award-winning adaptation of James Joyce’s ‘An Encounter’ in 2022. Continuing to expand her artistic horizons, Faye’s latest endeavour involves a collaboration with internationally acclaimed raga pianist Utsav Lal, exploring a fusion of folk music and classical Indian melodies.